TY - BOOK AU - Polzer, Jessica TI - Introduction to the social determinants of health. SN - 10472 AV - RA418.P78 U1 - 547 22 PY - 2012/// CY - London, Canada PB - Western University KW - Public health -- Social aspects. KW - Social medicine. KW - Medical policy -- Social aspects N1 - Custom course book; ring binding; Contents: Course perspectives and conceptualizations of 'health' -- Universal access to medical care as a determination to health -- The social determinants of health and health inequalities -- Political and economic barriers to health equity -- Gender and the social determinants of health -- Racism as a determinant of health -- The enduring effects of colonization on indigenous peoples -- Midterm and library instruction -- The environment, race and the socila determinants of health -- Global health inequalities -- Globalization and structural violence -- Health and human rights -- Conclusion -- ER -